Shaun White and his coach were celebrating Shaun's amazing second
gold medal in snowboarding prior to Shaun's second run
down the half pipe this evening (no other competitor had come
close to Shaun's first run score).

And, while slapping each other's shoulders and whooping it up,
they were debating what Shaun should do on his victory lap second
run.

"What do you want to do," said Shaun's coach.

"I don't know, man," said a giddy Shaun. "Ride down the
middle?"

"No, man," said his coach. "Relax. Have some fun."

"Drop a double-mick at the end?" said Shaun, referring to a
McTwist 1260, a move that Shaun had developed in secret over the
past few years and had held off on doing in his gold-medal
winning first run.

"Yeah, drop a double mick," said Shaun's coach. "You send
that thing. And make sure you stomp the shit out of
it."

Fist bumps all around.

Then, before Shaun shoved off, after a few seconds of stunned
silence, came the apology from NBC, which will probably have to
spend the next six months testifying in front of Congress and
paying obscenity fines.

And then Shaun White put on the best run in the history of
snowboarding, blowing away his early score, dropping a
double-mick at the end. Needless to say, he stomped the
shit out of it.

(And, most importantly, NBC showed it LIVE! Suddenly the Olympics
were awesome again.)